An Educational Rigidity
true diagnosis is not as apparent as is believed77 total reviews
Comment from Zue65
Yes, I agree with your message, professors who call themselves experts, only listen to their voice. The world does not revolve around them. Every being is unique and intelligence should not be measured according to the experts' judgments. Nice, provocative message. Excellent piece.
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2015
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Yes, I agree with your message, professors who call themselves experts, only listen to their voice. The world does not revolve around them. Every being is unique and intelligence should not be measured according to the experts' judgments. Nice, provocative message. Excellent piece.
Comment Written 09-Oct-2015
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2015
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Thank you.
Comment from RGstar
what is concluded as mental illness says the mirror for the same sickness is evident in the one who would conlude, but ai guess they just do not know.
Nicely versed, my learned friend. A truely proffesional write. Perhaps we also need to mirror or judgements sometimes, we might be surprised what we find.
Bravo.
RGstar
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what is concluded as mental illness says the mirror for the same sickness is evident in the one who would conlude, but ai guess they just do not know.
Nicely versed, my learned friend. A truely proffesional write. Perhaps we also need to mirror or judgements sometimes, we might be surprised what we find.
Bravo.
RGstar
Comment Written 09-Oct-2015
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2015
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Oh, my dear friend, I abhor judgement, even by my learned, omniscient, self. LMAO
Comment from Ben Colder
Must swing on this rope of poetry. Well said, author. I never found anything wrong. I wanted to tell a certain Dr. the same thing. Well done.
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Must swing on this rope of poetry. Well said, author. I never found anything wrong. I wanted to tell a certain Dr. the same thing. Well done.
Comment Written 09-Oct-2015
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2015
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:) A smile brought to my face by an internet friend I have never met, but feel a companionship with. Brave New World sir, Brave New World. Shalom.
Comment from JourneyHolm
Wow, this is an excellent poem and commentary on modern society and humantity--a spooky coincidence because I literally just wrote a poem before reading your poem that is very similar in theme (at least in my opinion). I'll post it. Thank you for sharing.
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2015
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Wow, this is an excellent poem and commentary on modern society and humantity--a spooky coincidence because I literally just wrote a poem before reading your poem that is very similar in theme (at least in my opinion). I'll post it. Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 09-Oct-2015
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Thank you and good luck with your post.
Comment from LeslieP5
People are too quickly diagnosed or labeled mentally ill if they see things in a different perspective or deviate from the norm. When one is reflective, he often asks what is my purpose here and what is my value. Too often the psychiatric practitioner response with platitudes and does not take a look in the mirror himself. Thought provoking poem.
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2015
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People are too quickly diagnosed or labeled mentally ill if they see things in a different perspective or deviate from the norm. When one is reflective, he often asks what is my purpose here and what is my value. Too often the psychiatric practitioner response with platitudes and does not take a look in the mirror himself. Thought provoking poem.
Comment Written 09-Oct-2015
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2015
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I guess I could have summed it up better...cause you just did. Thank you.
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Thanks. You did a good job in the poem presenting this concept.
Comment from Jay Squires
Oh-ho! A little projection goes a long, long way, right, Victor.
A good poem on the travails of mental health, that hasn't changed a helluva lot since Sigmund and Carl.
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Oh-ho! A little projection goes a long, long way, right, Victor.
A good poem on the travails of mental health, that hasn't changed a helluva lot since Sigmund and Carl.
Comment Written 09-Oct-2015
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Boy, ain't dat da truth, bro. Thank you. (my projector is broke, BTW) At least my self rationalization is screaming such. LMAO
Comment from dragonpoet
It seems like you are saying that the speaker in this poem is being judged by a person who seems to have the same problem that the judger is judging in the speaker but fails to see it.
This is a witty way to put it.
I think labels should label's.
Keep writing
Joan
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2015
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It seems like you are saying that the speaker in this poem is being judged by a person who seems to have the same problem that the judger is judging in the speaker but fails to see it.
This is a witty way to put it.
I think labels should label's.
Keep writing
Joan
Comment Written 09-Oct-2015
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2015
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Yup. You got it too. Thank you.
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You're welcome.
dp
Comment from patcelaw
Not6 only are our lives reflected in the mirror, but also our lives are reflected by those who love us and how we treat others we come in contact with.
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Not6 only are our lives reflected in the mirror, but also our lives are reflected by those who love us and how we treat others we come in contact with.
Comment Written 09-Oct-2015
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2015
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Naturally. No argument here. Thank you.
Comment from Judvan2
I like your poem. Its easy to read and your style is one of my favorites, since it leaves a little up to me to explain or use for my own design. Thank you for writing it.
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2015
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I like your poem. Its easy to read and your style is one of my favorites, since it leaves a little up to me to explain or use for my own design. Thank you for writing it.
Comment Written 09-Oct-2015
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No, thank you for reading it. :)
Comment from Leineco
I had to think about this long and hard - my "gut" reaction has more to do with the education system than the medical world (The Dr. cited combined with the art work brought the academic title rather than the medical one to mind).
On first blush, there seems to be a blustering at the way the educational system uses boxes and labels to determine the path each child should be sent down. What I think of as the automation of education (One from column A, 2 from column B - voila, etc)
Your summation omits or retains seems to be a comment/condemnation on the college application/enrollment system - who gets in, who plays the game well on paper. Given the fact that what we are dealing with is, potentially, the entire future of an individual's life span it would seem conveyor belt processing becomes nothing more than rote (peg hole) thinking. Sending thousands off to be dashed against the rocks of lost potential and mediocracy based on compilations of data that don't reflect anything - except the specialized ability to "take tests and respond in a pre-approved manner". Leaving no room for the uniqueness of the human being.
ON THE OTHER HAND
If I assume that the Dr. in question here is a psychiatrist or psychologist (possibly even one being seen as a result of a physical damage) then the poem takes on a different tenor altogether. Now it veers into the territory of the "God Complex" that leaves Doctors imperious... and blind the real issue of disease not symptom.
Significantly more so than a physician, a mental health professional has only empirical information to work from. And his/her biased opinion thereof.
So now we walk into the question of existence. Or rather, someone else's view of what makes us significant or fathomable (a viable asset to humanity, so to speak). How a "deviation" can be "corrected", rather than nurtured or understood. (Oh look, more boxes to check off, never mind the fact that the drawer one has been filed in is wrong - initial questionnaire misinterpreted, wrong track from thereon).
In either case - the closing "dialog"
"Lay ego aside and listen,"
"I wonder if you truly understand the nature of the mirror." (a.k.a. right back at ya')
speaks loudly and clearly to the antagonistic relationship between the powers that be and the ones who that must live with their supposedly superior ability to determine what is best for us.
Personally, I always find myself hard pressed to keep that particular anger civilized - I tend to be much more caustic and belligerent (LOL). on both possible interpretations!)
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2015
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I had to think about this long and hard - my "gut" reaction has more to do with the education system than the medical world (The Dr. cited combined with the art work brought the academic title rather than the medical one to mind).
On first blush, there seems to be a blustering at the way the educational system uses boxes and labels to determine the path each child should be sent down. What I think of as the automation of education (One from column A, 2 from column B - voila, etc)
Your summation omits or retains seems to be a comment/condemnation on the college application/enrollment system - who gets in, who plays the game well on paper. Given the fact that what we are dealing with is, potentially, the entire future of an individual's life span it would seem conveyor belt processing becomes nothing more than rote (peg hole) thinking. Sending thousands off to be dashed against the rocks of lost potential and mediocracy based on compilations of data that don't reflect anything - except the specialized ability to "take tests and respond in a pre-approved manner". Leaving no room for the uniqueness of the human being.
ON THE OTHER HAND
If I assume that the Dr. in question here is a psychiatrist or psychologist (possibly even one being seen as a result of a physical damage) then the poem takes on a different tenor altogether. Now it veers into the territory of the "God Complex" that leaves Doctors imperious... and blind the real issue of disease not symptom.
Significantly more so than a physician, a mental health professional has only empirical information to work from. And his/her biased opinion thereof.
So now we walk into the question of existence. Or rather, someone else's view of what makes us significant or fathomable (a viable asset to humanity, so to speak). How a "deviation" can be "corrected", rather than nurtured or understood. (Oh look, more boxes to check off, never mind the fact that the drawer one has been filed in is wrong - initial questionnaire misinterpreted, wrong track from thereon).
In either case - the closing "dialog"
"Lay ego aside and listen,"
"I wonder if you truly understand the nature of the mirror." (a.k.a. right back at ya')
speaks loudly and clearly to the antagonistic relationship between the powers that be and the ones who that must live with their supposedly superior ability to determine what is best for us.
Personally, I always find myself hard pressed to keep that particular anger civilized - I tend to be much more caustic and belligerent (LOL). on both possible interpretations!)
Comment Written 09-Oct-2015
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2015
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I only read your first paragraph and started to smile. Please read my only other sixer. You will smile. I apologize for not specifying who, but searching negates my words here and I would have to rethink them and that, my dear, is far too much work during the Cubs gam,e. LOL Thank you.
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Belliger on my prodigy...belliger on.
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On third reflection...would you run for presidentess please?
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Are you crazed???? There is no room for logic or common sense in politics and government!!!
LOL
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Close. There is no, and usually never has been room for logic, common sense, and...you left one out-truth.
But what did you expect from a dreamer? Drunk and cynical and boring someone in some dark cafe.
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silly boy!
logic - convincing forcefulness; inexorable truth or persuasiveness:
of course I included it ;-)
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I don't know what just happened, but I think I was taken advantage of...my is sore.
